Xinhua world news summary at 1600 GMT, AUG. 11

Canadian police announced Wednesday evening they had detained a suspect after warning of a potential terrorist attack.

"Earlier today, the RCMP received credible information of a potential terrorist threat. A suspect was identified and the proper course of action has been taken to ensure that there is no danger to the public's safety," the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said in a statement. (Canada-Terror Threat)

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ISLAMABAD -- At least 12 people including four security personnel were injured in a blast near a hospital in Pakistan's southwest Quetta city on Thursday morning, local Urdu media and officials said.

Sarfraz Bugti, the Home Minister of Balochistan province, with Quetta as capital city, said that a roadside planted bomb was detonated by a remote controlled device when the squad of a religious court judge was passing by it near Al-Khair hospital of the city. (Pakistan-Blast)

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TOKYO -- New reconstruction minister of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's cabinet visited the war-linked notorious Yasukuni Shrine here on Thursday.

Masahiro Imamura, minister in charge of comprehensive policy coordination for revival from the nuclear accident at Fukushima, is a regular visitor to the notorious shrine, which honors millions of war dead as well as 14 convicted Class-A war criminals of World War II. (Japan-Yasukuni Shrine)

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KIEV -- Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko ordered Thursday to put all military units near the border with Crimea and in Donbass on high combat readiness.

He gave the order when meeting with the leadership of defense agencies and the foreign ministry. (Ukraine-Crimea) Endi